You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 503 Pitino's pride and hidden worries

Westphal is very unaccustomed to such things happening on the field. Although Mo Mengchen's tactic has worked wonders, he has never even seen this tactic.

He reacted the same way Rick Pitino did when the play came up.

This tactic was unexpected. Scott Pollard, who was promoted to the starting lineup because Rasheed was suspended for three games, scored 10 points in the first quarter, shooting 100% from the field, all of which were slam dunks.

Rick Pitino, who has always been praised for building a defensive system, is now facing a serious problem. If he wants to maintain his style of play in college, he must sing empty cities at the basket.

Because the Celtics only have Duncan's ability to expand and execute sweeping defenses.

To reproduce the quality of defense in college, the Celtics need two high-quality rim protectors, and even that is not enough, because if the opponent's inside can be pulled to the outside to shoot, even two rim protectors must follow out.

Mo Mengchen's tactics brutally exposed the Celtics' weaknesses to the light.

This is the match between the No. [-] in the East and the No. [-] in the East. There is no doubt that the focus is on the battle. Even a king-level figure like John Havlicek has come to the scene. There are countless teams paying attention to this game. Seeing the Celtics There is such a weakness in the defense, and each of them started to think carefully.

When Mo Mengchen was off the court, the Pistons scored 21 points, and only 3 of them came from the perimeter. The other 18 points were all concentrated in the penalty area.

In the first quarter, Mo Mengchen hit the team's only 3-pointer, but had 6 assists, each of which was a direct assist for a dunk under the basket.

He went off, and Westphal walked up to him and said, "Mo, I've never seen such a tactic."

He needs an explanation.

Mo Mengchen said: "I often watch videos, and I can always see some novel tactics. If I have the opportunity, I will practice with them during training, because I am not sure whether it will be effective, so it needs to be tested in actual combat."

Westphal pouted and said, "The next time something like this happens, let me know in advance. I'm too old to be frightened."

"Okay." Mo Mengchen agreed.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, 21 to 15, the Celtics trailed by 6 points.

The restricted area of ​​the vacuum is a problem that has to be solved.

Pitino dragged his last stubbornness, refused to change, and still let Duncan expand his defense outward.

This is simply ruining a historic defender like Duncan. It is true that there is a delay on the inside line, but Pitino made Duncan's pressure extremely fierce in order to increase the pressure on the ball holder, which can really make the ball holder feel pressure. , But it will also make it difficult for Shifo to return to the basket to defend.

Dumars' passing was not as tricky as Mo Mengchen's, but Duncan's defense was so tight that he could pass the ball as long as he saw someone.

Another chance at the basket.

Ben Wallace dunks with the ball.

23 is better than 15
"So far, the Pistons have scored 20 points in the Celtics lane."

Bill Wharton said in the announcement ceremony.

On the sidelines, Havlicek, the legend of the Celtics, said indifferently: "It seems to be watching a game in the 70s and [-]s."

Cowens nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, there was no three-point line in our era, and there was not such a large space inside, but everyone would still try their best to get close to the basket. Now this rule is stupid, and these people can't fight at all. No, a game without confrontation is also called a game?"

Every generation thinks its era is the greatest ever, but that's often not the case.

Duncan can't change Pitino's rigid defensive system, he can only change himself.

The tactic of this round was outside conduction, but Duncan pressed Pollard hard and asked for the ball loudly.

He rarely does.

Seeing him like this, Kenny Anderson could only pass the ball.

A few seconds later, Duncan turned over and hit the board with a jumper. Pollard made a defensive foul and got his second personal foul of the night.

Westphal rotates inside.

Brad Miller and Jerome Williams replaced Pollard and Wallace.

The thickness of the Pistons' inside line is rare in the league. They can change players at will, and they can also ensure that every time they are replaced, they are real heroes.

Jerome Williams is not as composed and powerful as Pollard, but his passion is very much like Kevin Garnett of the Timberwolves.

Although the talents and talents of the two are very different, this does not prevent Williams from looking for confrontation in Duncan like a mad dog.

Even Duncan couldn't deal with this murderous and barking lunatic in a short time.

Every time he saw Williams playing, Mo Mengchen would feel worried. This person played too hard.

Every second on the field is like fighting with your life.

On the last goal of the first quarter, Miller missed a three-pointer from the outside and the rebound was almost out of bounds. Williams barked like a wild dog, rushed out, and saved the unimportant Quasi-throw-in.

Mo Mengchen stood up, he was really worried that this thing would break him.

Miller received the ball. Although he was concerned about Williams' safety, he still had to dispose of the ball.

At the last second, Miller made another three-pointer.

It feels good to have it!
he said in his heart.

"Shh!"

35 is better than 27
The vacuum in the penalty area caused the Celtics to no longer be so resolute in their outward expansion defense. The ball holder lost the pressure and began to blossom inside and outside.

They scored 35 points in the first quarter. You must know that the Celtics only lost 24 points in the first quarter of each game before. Tonight's first quarter lost 11 points more than usual, which is enough to explain the problem.

And it's because the Pistons didn't think about shooting threes in the last few minutes, otherwise, they would have scored more.

Duncan walked down with an unhappy expression on his face.

Stone Buddha, who is as stable as a mountain, often shows such an expression in Boston. It is obvious that he is not happy playing.

And Pitino couldn't let go of his pride. He thought that if he could succeed in the NCAA, he could succeed in the NBA. Otherwise, what would the Celtics ask him to do?
Isn't it just to let him share his championship experience with this team that has been away from glory for more than ten years?
Williams fell to the waist, but looked fine, bouncing around.

Westphal was worried and asked the team doctor to check and continue to make substitutions.

"Charles Barkley replaced Jerome Williams."

"Attention, this is the first time Charles has played for the Pistons this season!"

"It is understood that he had been losing weight because of being overweight. Now, he has almost controlled his weight."

In fact, it is not even close.

Barkley's determination to lose weight this season is far less strong than last season, and he has only reduced to 128 kg so far.

And this is data from half a month ago.

This fat man doesn't want to torture himself any more. If anyone forces him to lose weight, he will throw out the triple combo of "I'm already so old, I just want to enjoy a good life, don't save me, make me fat to death".

Rasheed was suspended tonight, Pollard was fouled, Williams was playing too hard, Rashard Lewis was too young, so he got his first chance of the season.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Barkley kept looking for opportunities to go to the basket like everyone else.

He is very smart and knows how to score easily.

He worked hard on the pick-and-roll and stole two shots in the paint like Pollard.

The point difference opened to 12 points in an instant.

39 is better than 27
Pitino got angry and called a timeout

"I said, pay attention to the basket! Don't let them score under the basket so easily, your defense is not as good as mine!" Pitino yelled, "Do you want me to go up and help you defend?"

Duncan said nothing, Antoine Walker was inattentive, and everyone else had their own thoughts.

Here, Pitino has no absolute prestige.

"Damn it, Tim, you're going to be in the paint from now on!"

For Pitino, there is only one thing that is most important now, and that is to stop the Pistons from scoring in the paint.

"Rare, he changed tactics." Westphal said with a smile.

Mo Mengchen was also laughing. As I said before, even if they have two rim protectors, as long as the opponent's inside can be pulled out to shoot, it is still difficult to protect the rim.

What's more, there is only Duncan as a basket protector.

Both Miller and Barkley have the range to reach beyond the three-point line.

Miller humbly gave up the shot to Barkley.

Fliggy raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and Duncan stayed under the basket.

"Duang!"

The loud sound of iron strikes proved how wise Duncan's decision not to come out to defend was really wise.

A few seconds later, Kenny Anderson instigated a counterattack and scored a layup.

29 is better than 39
"Chuck, keep voting."

Miller is really good at being a man, obviously he is more accurate in shooting.

Barkley didn't realize this, but felt that Miller was on the road, and the two continued to pull out.

Vitali Potapenko looked from the outside, he could only target one of the defenses, Barkley was obviously going to be emptied, they couldn't give Miller a chance.

Therefore, Barkley made the second three-pointer.

Still misses.

The ball bounced outward, no matter how tricky Duncan's position was, the ball spun outward rapidly and flew right to the feet of Alan Houston.

Houston won't waste chances like Barkley, just take the ball and shoot.

42 is better than 29
This is the disadvantage of putting three-pointers, because no matter how good the Celtics' counterattack is, the Pistons can offset their counterattack as long as they can keep their three-pointers at around 40%.

The Celtics are in huge trouble.

How exactly?
This is a problem.

Mo Mengchen waited patiently. He believed that Pitino would not change much. This guy was kicked out like this in his previous life.

Just now with Duncan, will the results be a little different?
It's hard to say anything else, what he can be sure of is that Duncan must not like this head coach very much.

As the chief culprit who broke up the 18-year long-distance love between Popovich and Duncan, Mo Mengchen leaned back and rested comfortably.

(End of this chapter)